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all groups > macromedia flash sitedesign > june 2006

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My new website
Posted by Guy Verville at 6/30/2006 2:51:52 PM
Hello, I've published my new website, in Flash. This is my first attempt. Any comment on design, bugs, etc, would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. http://www.guyverville.com...more >>

Download only half movie
Posted by Shoudibola at 6/29/2006 2:17:43 PM
Hello, I really dont know what I should have written in the tittle, but I can explain it better here. I am developing a flash movie to my website and the movie is getting kinda big, since all the features are being included in it. The problem is that even the features that ae not used are ...more >>

Blank flash between SWF pages
Posted by liamfahy at 6/29/2006 12:02:09 PM
Hi all! I am building my first Flash website and have a small problem. I am building it using individual SWF files for each page. However, when I click a button to navigate from one page to another, I am getting a flashing blank screen for just a split second. What i mean is, it doesn't ...more >>

Help!!
Posted by maleeks at 6/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello! I have designed a time line using 'year' buttons (1940, 1950 etc) to scroll through to the coresponding year in the time line. This all works great except my boss wants me to have 'previous decade' and 'next decade' buttons that scroll through the years one by one. ...more >>

How to do fade
Posted by WoBuHui at 6/28/2006 5:04:18 PM
What is the correct way to make something like http://cemoment.com/ where there is few vertical white columns moving around? is it done by action script or manually set the movement?...more >>

Please check my site
Posted by Laurie Smith at 6/28/2006 2:24:54 PM
Hi guys value your input please check out http://www.worldcupballsup.com any feedback 'd be much appreciated, please include machine spec os etc. ...more >>

donnie darko site
Posted by pcurry215 at 6/28/2006 12:09:47 AM
I'm trying to make a flash intro the is aligned on the bottom right like the donniedarko.com site. I can right align it but there is a space on the right side from the scroll bar. Also i have no idea how to keep it on the bottom. How is the flash positioned like that? ...more >>

Passing parameters to Flash from HTML or JavaScript
Posted by WishIHadANickname at 6/27/2006 11:58:55 PM
Hi. How do I pass paramaters to a Flash movie without using the "../name.swf?param=value" syntax. I have a Flash menu that jumps to a certain keyframe depending on the value specified inline with the .swf address, which corresponds to the page being viewed. The only problem is that, when an...more >>



How can I speed up slow loading images?
Posted by Russ T Buss at 6/27/2006 7:14:45 PM
I'm designing a flash website using stopmotion photography. The main page is a kitchen and when you click on an appliance, like the freezer, it opens up and zooms in. Unfortunately, no matter how much I lower the quality of the stopmotion images, they still load very slow. The funny thing is, ...more >>

Top Templates 20% discount
Posted by webmasterbeck at 6/27/2006 7:11:14 PM
http://www.templatemonsters.eu ...more >>

Multiple SWF files in one website
Posted by liamfahy at 6/27/2006 12:37:15 PM
Hi, I am a Flash newbie!! I am building my first website and have been advised to create each page as a seperate SWF file instead of using seperate scenes in the same SWF file. Before I get too deep into this project I want to make sure that this is the best way to do it? Also, O...more >>

Text problems
Posted by pockthehairy at 6/26/2006 5:24:49 PM
I amde text fly across the screen in a flash movie, it plays and shows up when I press enter to play it, but when its exported as a .swf it doesn't show up. Any suggestions????...more >>

play movie once
Posted by anotheroptimist at 6/26/2006 2:53:53 PM
Is there a script or parameter that can be added to either the movie (or more likely I would think the webpage) to cause a flash movie to play only on the first visit to a webpage? I don't want an autostart movie to play every time a visitor returns to the homepage --particularly during a sess...more >>

Flash loading too slowly on webpage
Posted by Frostedberry at 6/26/2006 12:00:00 AM
I've got a problem with the flash content on my website. I have got preloaders on all the swf files on my site but it takes a while before the preloader starts playing and I would like to know why. When I click on some of the files there is a blank background for quite a few seconds before the...more >>

Pay transitions
Posted by xrsixturbo at 6/26/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi I?m trying to create a full site using flash. What I want to do is setup all the pages as scenes, so home would be a scene, about a scene etc. but what I want with my navigation is when I press a button (onRelease) not only to go to a scene but play the end of that scene (which will ha...more >>

Active Content Update QUESTION!!!
Posted by filmfactor at 6/25/2006 8:24:47 PM
I noticed recently that a new update for windows forces a user to "click to activate activeX control". To bypass this, I downloaded the update for Flash 8 from this site. However, an error message seems to pop up once and a while in AOL's browser about the update not working or something....an...more >>

popup window
Posted by Zaki at 6/25/2006 4:49:43 AM
Hello, Can anyone help me for this: when i click on a movie clip or a button i open a popup window, for Internet Explorer or Firefox. Thanks Waiting to your answer... Zaki ...more >>

Big Problem? need help!
Posted by Girl_in_SWF_Hell at 6/25/2006 3:26:46 AM
Hello, I have a Flash site that I'm building for a friend who has iPowerWeb hosting. The swf is embeded into an HTML document and it works fine on my testing server, but when I uploaded it to her account, I just get a blank box where the swf should be. What's going on? ...more >>

Flash + HTML
Posted by nintybloke at 6/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
I'm making a site in Flash and HTML. Now I have a navigation table on the left (in HTML). And I have a main content swf file, which will contain all the content. Now I'm wondering how to make it so if you click a HTML link, to make the swf file jump to a different frame, containing the infor...more >>

ComboBox
Posted by filmfactor at 6/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
I am somewhat of a newbie at using action script. However I understand flash in every other way very well. Currently, I am designing a site that requirs me to make a comboBox that leads to url pages. I am very confused and would appreciate any help if anybody knows how to do this. To...more >>

ComboBox trouble!!!!!!! AAAAH!
Posted by filmfactor at 6/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
I am somewhat of a newbie at using action script. However I understand flash in every other way very well. Currently, I am designing a site that requirs me to make a comboBox that leads to url pages. I am very confused and would appreciate any help if anybody knows how to do this. To...more >>

Error while opening Fla
Posted by Snaidu Design at 6/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hello All I have designed 1 web site in flash , now my clients want some changes in that , but the problem is that file is not opening, i have the source of that file but when i m trying to open that file then i m getting error " error while opening file." i dont know why its coming ? wha...more >>

gamer site opinion
Posted by Alwinch at 6/22/2006 5:26:37 PM
redo of site. Little heavy on the download but only folks with broadband will see it. Combo flash and some 3D and such. Opinions appreciated. Oh...click "play' on projector. LOL \Thanks ...more >>

Opinion needed!
Posted by forumnotifier at 6/22/2006 3:30:50 PM
I need to know what do you think about a site that I have created (design and stuff). And about an aplication that I have created in Flash that can be downloaded from the Download's section, it's named Enciclopedik 06. Please tell me what you think! www.pasoftware.evonet.ro ...more >>

Flash Timer
Posted by PeeZee25 at 6/22/2006 1:16:13 PM
Hey people! I wonder if anyone can help, I'm creating a flash website that I want to load another movie on top of or to replace the previous movie essentially when idle i.e. after a specific time with no interaction, load movie. Basically, when a button is pressed I want the timer to rese...more >>

Resize swf to suite different resolutions
Posted by liam1_y2k at 6/22/2006 10:47:42 AM
I have a swf file The issue im having is that I want the .swf to rsize itself so that it doesnt look like its in no man land when viewed on a higher resolution screen. its fine on a 1024x768, but anything higher and it begins to look out of place. my link is www.aimdesign.co.uk/aim/aim/in...more >>

Flash image gallery
Posted by meghanivas143 at 6/22/2006 7:58:50 AM
"I'm using something called Gallery by Dali from http://www.tufat.com/s_flash_image_gallery.htm It's pretty incredible, and as long as you can edit some basic XML you can use it. There are some pretty cool flash animation effects. In general I've been extremely happy with it. Got it running ...more >>

Flash applet for stock website
Posted by meghanivas143 at 6/22/2006 7:55:40 AM
"If you don't mind a bit of Flash on your site, I'd suggest using one of these stock applets: http://www.tufat.com/script52.htm They draw from Yahoo finance, and are fairly easy to set up if you have some basic HTML know-how. I chatted with the developer recently and I guess he's planning doze...more >>

using flash templates...
Posted by lowpolymodel at 6/21/2006 10:31:58 PM
ok hey there guys... my question is very basic.. and i need some pointers in the right direction... ok here's the plan.. i have bought few flash templates from templatemonster.com.. now these zipped files.. when unzipped have a *swf file and *Fla file... they look complete..( No psd, or...more >>

Help with z-index
Posted by justinian1 at 6/21/2006 9:54:51 PM
I'm trying to design an online sticky note. It's working fine in Safari, Firefox (Mac and PC) and IE Mac, but it's not working at all in IE Win. It's supposed to display the entire sticky note over the rest of the content on page load, then the sticky turns into a bar and you have to click th...more >>

Search engine optimization
Posted by Brian at 6/21/2006 8:39:46 PM
OK, I know very little about Search engine optimization and was hoping to get some tips. Just did a search on this topic and got a bunch of 2, 3, and 4 year old articles, which I am assuming must be at least obsolete at this point. Here are some of the question I have. What get a page high ...more >>

Actionscript Help Needed
Posted by Cliop at 6/21/2006 3:15:10 PM
So this is how it goes...I've already made my website, I have all the pages and everything made BUT...I have a few bugs. The first starts at my login page, it is a universal login, so it has 2 usernames and passwords, I have the code for it but, It does not go when I press the submit button. T...more >>

Really silly problem
Posted by grahamdeuchar at 6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hey guys, This is such a stupid question to be asking but it's one I've not come across in a while and I'm danged if I can remember how to do it - I basically have a scrollable map I've been building, but the scroll buttons need to be clicked over and over to move around the map - how can ...more >>

Buttons Shifting
Posted by misdirekted at 6/20/2006 7:44:12 PM
Hi everyone, My website has links to each subpage on the side of the main window; here at www.misdirektedphotography.com The problem is that when I mouse-over on the buttons, they jump one or two pixels over. I have checked and double-checked the x,y positioning of the buttons for up,do...more >>

How do I create a custom loading bar?
Posted by psypent81 at 6/20/2006 5:58:42 PM
Hey everyone. I am trying to create a loading bar, the kind you see at the beginning of flash sites or when something might take a little bit to load, and I was wondering. How can i create my own custom loading bar? If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate i...more >>

Problem uploading Flash in HTML in windows
Posted by gakotey at 6/20/2006 3:53:01 PM
Apologies if this has been uploaded before but i cannot seem to find the solution. I've designed a Flash site and converted it to a html document under 'publish settings' (i've done this in the past many times) but when uploaded to my server it does not load. Even if i send it as a attached do...more >>

Flash help
Posted by KochRich at 6/20/2006 2:22:21 PM
I need some help figuring out the actionscript used on this site: I'm developing a site kind of like this with flash video and need help figuring out how to make the 3-d rotation work. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. thanks.http://www.samsung.com/se/current/campaign/slim/site/i...more >>

Flash resizing on upload
Posted by misdirekted at 6/20/2006 1:53:28 AM
I am working on my website for my business ---> www.misdirektedphotography.com and I've been having trouble with my uploads. Whenever I upload my swf file through 3essentials hosting, it either compresses the resolution if the size is large(1280x1024 px) or enlarges it if the size is too small...more >>

Is Director better than Flash?:)
Posted by Dean Utian at 6/20/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi all, OK - don't worry, I'm not serious about the subject question. I just wanted to let you know about the Flash vs Director - Director Podcast that has just been released. It compares Flash to Director in a very light-hearted way. Remember, it is on the Director Podcast and is just havi...more >>

Site not working on mac!!!!!!
Posted by cocoboune at 6/19/2006 8:28:40 PM
I've just finished a http://dakinimusic.net/test/index.html for a friend. It's working perfectly on my pc, running under win xp. Unfortunetly, it's not working at all on a mac OS. I do not understand what is happening: the buttons become mad, their actions are silly... Of course, I've tried ...more >>

flash on site, after running, replace with clickable image
Posted by maximom229 at 6/18/2006 6:00:50 PM
Hi, so i dropped a flash movie i made into a website i am doing. it runs (still needs work cause the sound is now running at a different pace than the movie! and i gotta turn off the looping) but when it's done, it goes to blank. I need it to do this: onload: run movie once only, then re...more >>

Advanced question - maybe
Posted by Black-apprentice at 6/18/2006 1:47:29 PM
Nancy.... Chris, I hope you guys are out there - or at least SOMEBODY! that has an idea of whats going on. Actually this may be a simple question but I can't figure it out: I'm working from a template in MX 2004 Pro.7.2. I can use the timeline to pull-up and edit the primary slide [home...more >>

Preview is fine, upload is not
Posted by cwdavids at 6/17/2006 10:40:15 PM
I am new to Flash ( I am using Flash 8 Pro for Macintosh), and I have gone through the process of teaching myself to create a small photo gallery by creating thumbnails that are buttons and assigning each a small movie (basically a way of displaying a larger jpg that fades in and stays until n...more >>

How to do???
Posted by Jan Plexy at 6/17/2006 4:04:47 PM
I put swf (swf1) in html document and set it to 100% x 100%, it acts a background. Now, swf1 loads another swf (swf2) into itself. (maybe this isn't right way) How to make that swf2 do NOT scale with swf1, that has it's fixed height&weight, that is allways in center of that html. Check ...more >>

How do I import from Illustrator to Flash?
Posted by windyj at 6/17/2006 3:26:25 AM
I some pretty complicated illustrations that I will be using to build a FLASH demo. What is the best way to import without wigging out the artwork once in FLASH?...more >>

How are they doing this???
Posted by ruddiger2000 at 6/16/2006 7:25:02 PM
Can someone give me a quick explanation of how the 3d effects with rollover functions is being achieved on the following sites. Im not looking for step by step, just a general explanation. Is it a pre-rendered video sequence?? Tacobell.com webdesign20.com Thanks ...more >>

what kind of page transitions do you recommend
Posted by TB58 at 6/16/2006 1:58:07 AM
appreciate some input from the pros.. site looks dead, what page transitions do you would work? http://www.theinfoagency.com/web.html...more >>

Flash panorama viewer
Posted by TomPoesVerzinEenList at 6/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I'm new to this group. I'm looking for a way to show panorama pictures on my website. I don't want to use java, and flash does look better anyway ;-) Anyone ever tried to make a viewer for pano's? Thanks a lot, Peter ...more >>

Web Header
Posted by USF-RoboticsGuy at 6/15/2006 9:43:41 PM
I am creating a team website and can't figure out how to make the top header...[bullet]I have a top bar w/ a small portion in greater heighth on the left side for a logo, and the rest of the bar needs to remain available for achievements and sponsors.[/bullet] [bullet]I am trying to make it s...more >>

moving buttons
Posted by Graphic Master at 6/15/2006 12:52:40 PM
I have an issue with a FLA project file that I am working on. Originally the list of buttons worked fine but once i move one of the buttons it loses it link to where it is suppose to go andscrews up the rest of the movie. I've tried remaking the button, checking the code, everything i can thi...more >>


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